Darling v. Wood
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Grundy county; the Hon. Samuel C. Stough, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Morton W. Thompson
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff was operating a shaft coal mine in Grundy county, at the time of the injury complained of in this suit. The mine was about seventy feet deep, and was operated by means of horse power. The shaft was about four by nine feet, with two cages raised and lowered by a link chain attached to the top of each cage, running over pulleys above, and then out and around a “drum” or windlass so that as one cage was raised the other was lowered.
On November 26, 1906, appellant’s ward and his brother Eoy, who had dug coal in this mine…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Waschow v. Kelly Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1910
- Donlevy v. MontgomeryIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
- Illinois Collieries Co. v. DavisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gleason v. CunninghamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1942